Verse (Click for Chapter) New International Version Gideon went inside, prepared a young goat, and from an ephah of flour he made bread without yeast. Putting the meat in a basket and its broth in a pot, he brought them out and offered them to him under the oak. New Living Translation Gideon hurried home. He cooked a young goat, and with a basket of flour he baked some bread without yeast. Then, carrying the meat in a basket and the broth in a pot, he brought them out and presented them to the angel, who was under the great tree. English Standard Version So Gideon went into his house and prepared a young goat and unleavened cakes from an ephah of flour. The meat he put in a basket, and the broth he put in a pot, and brought them to him under the terebinth and presented them. Berean Standard Bible So Gideon went in and prepared a young goat and unleavened bread and an ephah of flour. He placed the meat in a basket and the broth in a pot and brought them out to present to Him under the oak. King James Bible And Gideon went in, and made ready a kid, and unleavened cakes of an ephah of flour: the flesh he put in a basket, and he put the broth in a pot, and brought it out unto him under the oak, and presented it. New King James Version So Gideon went in and prepared a young goat, and unleavened bread from an ephah of flour. The meat he put in a basket, and he put the broth in a pot; and he brought them out to Him under the terebinth tree and presented them. New American Standard Bible Then Gideon went in and prepared a young goat and unleavened bread from an ephah of flour; he put the meat in a basket and the broth in a pot, and brought them out to him under the oak and presented them. NASB 1995 Then Gideon went in and prepared a young goat and unleavened bread from an ephah of flour; he put the meat in a basket and the broth in a pot, and brought them out to him under the oak and presented them. NASB 1977 Then Gideon went in and prepared a kid and unleavened bread from an ephah of flour; he put the meat in a basket and the broth in a pot, and brought them out to him under the oak, and presented them. Legacy Standard Bible So Gideon went in and prepared a young goat and unleavened bread from an ephah of flour; he put the meat in a basket and the broth in a pot and brought them out to him under the oak and presented them. Amplified Bible Then Gideon went and prepared a young goat and unleavened bread from an ephah of flour. The meat he put in a basket and the broth in a pot, and he brought the food to Him under the oak (terebinth) and presented it. Christian Standard Bible So Gideon went and prepared a young goat and unleavened bread from a half bushel of flour. He placed the meat in a basket and the broth in a pot. He brought them out and offered them to him under the oak. Holman Christian Standard Bible So Gideon went and prepared a young goat and unleavened bread from a half bushel of flour. He placed the meat in a basket and the broth in a pot. He brought them out and offered them to Him under the oak. American Standard Version And Gideon went in, and made ready a kid, and unleavened cakes of an ephah of meal: the flesh he put in a basket, and he put the broth in a pot, and brought it out unto him under the oak, and presented it. Contemporary English Version Gideon went home and killed a young goat, then started boiling the meat. Next, he opened a big sack of flour and made it into thin bread. When the meat was done, he put it in a basket and poured the broth into a clay cooking pot. He took the meat, the broth, and the bread and placed them under the big tree. English Revised Version And Gideon went in, and made ready a kid, and unleavened cakes of an ephah of meal: the flesh he put in a basket, and he put the broth in a pot, and brought it out unto him under the oak, and presented it. GOD'S WORD® Translation Then Gideon went into [his house] and prepared a young goat and unleavened bread made with 18 quarts of flour. He put the meat in a basket and the broth in a pot. then he went out and presented them to the messenger of the LORD under the oak tree. Good News Translation So Gideon went into his house and cooked a young goat and used a bushel of flour to make bread without any yeast. He put the meat in a basket and the broth in a pot, brought them to the LORD's angel under the oak tree, and gave them to him. International Standard Version Then Gideon went and prepared a young goat and unleavened bread from an ephah of flour. He put the meat in a basket and poured the broth into a pot, and brought them to the angel right under the oak tree. Then he made his offering. Majority Standard Bible So Gideon went in and prepared a young goat and unleavened bread and an ephah of flour. He placed the meat in a basket and the broth in a pot and brought them out to present to Him under the oak. NET Bible Gideon went and prepared a young goat, along with unleavened bread made from an ephah of flour. He put the meat in a basket and the broth in a pot. He brought the food to him under the oak tree and presented it to him. New Heart English Bible Gideon went in, and made ready a kid, and unleavened cakes of an ephah of meal: the meat he put in a basket, and he put the broth in a pot, and brought it out to him under the oak, and presented it. Webster's Bible Translation And Gideon went in, and made ready a kid, and unleavened cakes of an ephah of flour: the flesh he put in a basket, and he put the broth in a pot, and brought it out to him under the oak, and presented it. World English Bible Gideon went in and prepared a young goat and unleavened cakes of an ephah of meal. He put the meat in a basket and he put the broth in a pot, and brought it out to him under the oak, and presented it. Literal Translations Literal Standard VersionAnd Gideon has gone in, and prepares a kid of the goats, and an ephah of flour [worth] of unleavened things; he has put the flesh in a basket, and he has put the broth in a pot, and he brings [them] out to Him, to the place of the oak, and brings [them] near. Young's Literal Translation And Gideon hath gone in, and prepareth a kid of the goats, and of an ephah of flour unleavened things; the flesh he hath put in a basket, and the broth he hath put in a pot, and he bringeth out unto Him, unto the place of the oak, and bringeth it nigh. Smith's Literal Translation And Gideon went in, and he will do a kid of the goats, and an ephah of flour of unleavened: the flesh he put in a basket, and he put the broth in a pot, and he will bring forth to him under the oak and will bring near. Catholic Translations Douay-Rheims BibleSo Gedeon went in, and boiled a kid, and made unleavened loaves of a measure of flour: and putting the flesh in a basket, and the broth of the flesh into a pot, he carried all under the oak, and presented to him. Catholic Public Domain Version And so Gideon entered, and he boiled a goat, and he made unleavened bread from a measure of flour. And setting the flesh in a basket, and putting the broth of the flesh in a pot, he took it all under the oak tree, and he offered it to him. New American Bible So Gideon went off and prepared a young goat and an ephah of flour in the form of unleavened cakes. Putting the meat in a basket and the broth in a pot, he brought them out to him under the terebinth and presented them. New Revised Standard Version So Gideon went into his house and prepared a kid, and unleavened cakes from an ephah of flour; the meat he put in a basket, and the broth he put in a pot, and brought them to him under the oak and presented them. Translations from Aramaic Lamsa BibleSo Gideon went in and prepared a kid and unleavened cakes of an ephah of flour; the meat he put in a basket, and he put the broth in a pot, and brought it out to him under the oak and presented it. Peshitta Holy Bible Translated And Gedun went in, he prepared a kid of the goats and a basket of unleavened meal and the meat he set in a basket and the strained broth he put in a pot, and brought out to him under the oak, and he came to him OT Translations JPS Tanakh 1917And Gideon went in, and made ready a kid, and unleavened cakes of an ephah of meal; the flesh he put in a basket, and he put the broth in a pot, and brought it out unto him under the terebinth, and presented it. Brenton Septuagint Translation And Gedeon went in, and prepared a kid of the goats, and an ephah of fine flour unleavened; and he put the flesh in the basket, and poured the broth into the pot, and brought them forth to him under the turpentine tree, and drew nigh. Additional Translations ... Audio Bible Context The Call of Gideon…18Please do not depart from this place until I return to You. Let me bring my offering and set it before You.” And the LORD said, “I will stay until you return.” 19So Gideon went in and prepared a young goat and unleavened bread and an ephah of flour. He placed the meat in a basket and the broth in a pot and brought them out to present to Him under the oak. 20And the angel of God said to him, “Take the meat and the unleavened bread, lay them on this rock, and pour out the broth.” And Gideon did so.… Cross References Genesis 18:6-8 So Abraham hurried into the tent and said to Sarah, “Quick! Prepare three seahs of fine flour, knead it, and bake some bread.” / Meanwhile, Abraham ran to the herd, selected a tender and choice calf, and gave it to a servant, who hurried to prepare it. / Then Abraham brought curds and milk and the calf that had been prepared, and he set them before the men and stood by them under the tree as they ate. 1 Samuel 9:24 So the cook picked up the leg and what was attached to it and set it before Saul. Then Samuel said, “Here is what was kept back. It was set apart for you. Eat, for it has been kept for you for this occasion, from the time I said, ‘I have invited the people.’” So Saul dined with Samuel that day. Genesis 19:3 But Lot insisted so strongly that they followed him into his house. He prepared a feast for them and baked unleavened bread, and they ate. 1 Kings 17:13-16 “Do not be afraid,” Elijah said to her. “Go and do as you have said. But first make me a small cake of bread from what you have, and bring it out to me. Afterward, make some for yourself and your son, / for this is what the LORD, the God of Israel, says: ‘The jar of flour will not be exhausted and the jug of oil will not run dry until the day the LORD sends rain upon the face of the earth.’” / So she went and did according to the word of Elijah, and there was food every day for Elijah and the woman and her household. ... 2 Kings 4:42-44 Now a man from Baal-shalishah came to the man of God with a sack of twenty loaves of barley bread from the first ripe grain. “Give it to the people to eat,” said Elisha. / But his servant asked, “How am I to set twenty loaves before a hundred men?” “Give it to the people to eat,” said Elisha, “for this is what the LORD says: ‘They will eat and have some left over.’” / So he set it before them, and they ate and had some left over, according to the word of the LORD. Exodus 29:1-3 “Now this is what you are to do to consecrate Aaron and his sons to serve Me as priests: Take a young bull and two rams without blemish, / along with unleavened bread, unleavened cakes mixed with oil, and unleavened wafers anointed with oil. Make them out of fine wheat flour, / put them in a basket, and present them in the basket, along with the bull and the two rams. Leviticus 2:4-5 Now if you bring an offering of grain baked in an oven, it must consist of fine flour, either unleavened cakes mixed with oil or unleavened wafers coated with oil. / If your offering is a grain offering prepared on a griddle, it must be unleavened bread made of fine flour mixed with oil. Numbers 6:15 together with their grain offerings and drink offerings—and a basket of unleavened cakes made from fine flour mixed with oil and unleavened wafers coated with oil. 1 Samuel 1:24 Once she had weaned him, Hannah took the boy with her, along with a three-year-old bull, an ephah of flour, and a skin of wine. Though the boy was still young, she brought him to the house of the LORD at Shiloh. 1 Samuel 16:20 And Jesse took a donkey loaded with bread, a skin of wine, and one young goat and sent them to Saul with his son David. 2 Samuel 17:28-29 They brought beds, basins, and earthen vessels, as well as wheat, barley, flour, roasted grain, beans, lentils, / honey, curds, sheep, and cheese from the herd for David and his people to eat. For they said, “The people have become hungry, exhausted, and thirsty in the wilderness.” Matthew 14:19-20 And He directed the crowds to sit down on the grass. Taking the five loaves and the two fish and looking up to heaven, He spoke a blessing. Then He broke the loaves and gave them to the disciples, and the disciples gave them to the people. / They all ate and were satisfied, and the disciples picked up twelve basketfuls of broken pieces that were left over. Mark 6:41-42 Taking the five loaves and the two fish and looking up to heaven, Jesus spoke a blessing and broke the loaves. Then He gave them to His disciples to set before the people. And He divided the two fish among them all. / They all ate and were satisfied, Luke 9:16-17 Taking the five loaves and the two fish and looking up to heaven, Jesus spoke a blessing and broke them. Then He gave them to the disciples to set before the people. / They all ate and were satisfied, and the disciples picked up twelve basketfuls of broken pieces that were left over. John 6:11-13 Then Jesus took the loaves and the fish, gave thanks, and distributed to those who were seated as much as they wanted. / And when everyone was full, He said to His disciples, “Gather the pieces that are left over, so that nothing will be wasted.” / So they collected them and filled twelve baskets with the pieces of the five barley loaves left over by those who had eaten. Treasury of Scripture And Gideon went in, and made ready a kid, and unleavened cakes of an ephah of flour: the flesh he put in a basket, and he put the broth in a pot, and brought it out to him under the oak, and presented it. and made. Judges 13:15-19 And Manoah said unto the angel of the LORD, I pray thee, let us detain thee, until we shall have made ready a kid for thee… Genesis 18:6-8 And Abraham hastened into the tent unto Sarah, and said, Make ready quickly three measures of fine meal, knead it, and make cakes upon the hearth… a kid. Leviticus 2:4 And if thou bring an oblation of a meat offering baken in the oven, it shall be unleavened cakes of fine flour mingled with oil, or unleavened wafers anointed with oil. Jump to Previous Basket Bread Broth Cakes Ephah House Kid Meal Meat Oak Offered Pot Prepared Presented Putting Ready Terebinth Unleavened Yeast YoungJump to Next Basket Bread Broth Cakes Ephah House Kid Meal Meat Oak Offered Pot Prepared Presented Putting Ready Terebinth Unleavened Yeast YoungJudges 6 1. The Israelites for their sin are oppressed by Midian8. A prophet rebukes them 11. An angel sends Gideon for their deliverance 17. Gideon's present is consumed with fire 24. Gideon destroys Baal's altar; offers a sacrifice upon the altar Jehovah-shalom 28. Joash defends his son, and calls him Jerubbaal 33. Gideon's army 36. Gideon's signs So Gideon went in and prepared a young goat Gideon's preparation of a young goat reflects the customary practice of offering hospitality in ancient Near Eastern culture. The act of preparing a goat signifies a gesture of respect and honor, often reserved for special guests. This aligns with the biblical tradition of offering sacrifices, as seen in Genesis 18:7-8, where Abraham prepares a calf for his divine visitors. The young goat also foreshadows the sacrificial system later established in the Mosaic Law, pointing to the ultimate sacrifice of Jesus Christ, the Lamb of God. and unleavened bread and an ephah of flour He placed the meat in a basket and the broth in a pot and brought them out to present to Him under the oak Persons / Places / Events 1. GideonA judge of Israel, chosen by God to deliver the Israelites from the oppression of the Midianites. Known for his initial hesitance and need for reassurance from God. 2. The Angel of the LORD A divine messenger who appears to Gideon, often understood in conservative Christian theology as a theophany, or a pre-incarnate appearance of Christ. 3. The Oak A significant location where Gideon encounters the Angel of the LORD. Oaks were often places of meeting and worship in ancient Israel. 4. Young Goat and Unleavened Bread The offering prepared by Gideon, symbolizing hospitality and reverence. The unleavened bread signifies purity and readiness. 5. Ephah of Flour A large quantity of flour, indicating the significance and sincerity of Gideon's offering. Teaching Points Hospitality as WorshipGideon's preparation of a meal for the Angel of the LORD demonstrates that acts of hospitality can be a form of worship and reverence towards God. Generosity in Offering The use of an ephah of flour shows Gideon's willingness to give abundantly to God, teaching us to offer our best to the Lord. Divine Encounters in Ordinary Places The meeting under the oak reminds us that God can meet us in our everyday environments, transforming ordinary moments into sacred encounters. Faith in Action Gideon's preparation of the offering, despite his initial doubts, illustrates the importance of acting in faith even when we seek reassurance from God. Symbolism of Unleavened Bread The unleavened bread signifies purity and readiness, encouraging believers to live lives of holiness and preparedness for God's work.(19) Unleavened cakes.--Because these were most quickly made, as by Lot for the angels, and by the Witch of Endor for Saul (Genesis 19:3; 1Samuel 28:24). Of an ephah of flour.--About 22� lbs. A homer would have been sufficient, as we see from Exodus 16:16. An ephah is ten homers; but Eastern hospitality considers nothing to be too lavish. Presented it.--See Judges 13:19. The Vatican MS. of the LXX. renders it "approached," which is inadequate, and the other MSS. "worshipped," which is too strong. The word has a middle sense: "offered it with respect and reverence." Verse 19. - Unleavened cakes (Genesis 19:3; 1 Samuel 28:24). The necessary haste gave no time for the use of leaven, which is one explanation of the unleavened bread at the passover (Exodus 12:33, 34, 39). Presented it. A word specially used of sacrifices and offerings (Amos 5:25).Parallel Commentaries ... Hebrew So Gideonוְגִדְע֣וֹן (wə·ḡiḏ·‘ō·wn) Conjunctive waw | Noun - proper - masculine singular Strong's 1439: Gideon -- a judge of Israel went in בָּ֗א (bā) Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person masculine singular Strong's 935: To come in, come, go in, go and prepared וַיַּ֤עַשׂ (way·ya·‘aś) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular Strong's 6213: To do, make a young goat גְּדִֽי־ (gə·ḏî-) Noun - masculine singular construct Strong's 1423: A kid (a young goat) and unleavened bread מַצּ֔וֹת (maṣ·ṣō·wṯ) Noun - feminine plural Strong's 4682: Sweetness, sweet, an unfermented cake, loaf, the festival of Passover and an ephah וְאֵיפַת־ (wə·’ê·p̄aṯ-) Conjunctive waw | Noun - feminine singular construct Strong's 374: Ephah -- an ephah (a measure of grain) of flour. קֶ֣מַח (qe·maḥ) Noun - masculine singular construct Strong's 7058: Flour, meal He placed שָׂ֣ם (śām) Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person masculine singular Strong's 7760: Put -- to put, place, set the meat הַבָּשָׂר֙ (hab·bā·śār) Article | Noun - masculine singular Strong's 1320: Flesh, body, person, the pudenda of a, man in a basket בַּסַּ֔ל (bas·sal) Preposition-b, Article | Noun - masculine singular Strong's 5536: A willow twig, an osier, as woven into a, basket and the broth וְהַמָּרַ֖ק (wə·ham·mā·raq) Conjunctive waw, Article | Noun - masculine singular Strong's 4839: Juice (stewed out of meat), broth in a pot בַּפָּר֑וּר (bap·pā·rūr) Preposition-b, Article | Noun - masculine singular Strong's 6517: A skillet and brought them out וַיּוֹצֵ֥א (way·yō·w·ṣê) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Hifil - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular Strong's 3318: To go, bring, out, direct and proxim to present וַיַּגַּֽשׁ׃ (way·yag·gaš) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Hifil - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular Strong's 5066: To draw near, approach to Him אֵלָ֛יו (’ê·lāw) Preposition | third person masculine singular Strong's 413: Near, with, among, to under תַּ֥חַת (ta·ḥaṯ) Preposition Strong's 8478: The bottom, below, in lieu of the oak. הָאֵלָ֖ה (hā·’ê·lāh) Article | Noun - feminine singular Strong's 424: An oak, other strong tree Links Judges 6:19 NIVJudges 6:19 NLT Judges 6:19 ESV Judges 6:19 NASB Judges 6:19 KJV Judges 6:19 BibleApps.com Judges 6:19 Biblia Paralela Judges 6:19 Chinese Bible Judges 6:19 French Bible Judges 6:19 Catholic Bible OT History: Judges 6:19 Gideon went in and made ready (Jd Judg. 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